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“Fat Swim” and Literature’s Fatphobia Problem

The New Yorker Radio Hour by WNYC Studios and The New Yorker

Apr 28, 202600:19:54Society & Culture

Emma Copley Eisenberg is the author of a new collection of short stories entitled “ Fat Swim .” Her work questions body image and the suppression of fatness in contemporary culture; Eisenberg recently paid for a billboar...

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“Fat Swim” and Literature’s Fatphobia Problem is an episode from The New Yorker Radio Hour by WNYC Studios and The New Yorker. Emma Copley Eisenberg is the author of a new collection of short stories entitled “ Fat Swim .” Her work question...

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Published Apr 28, 2026, 00:19:54 long, audio available.